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Terézváros Catholic Church

Building, structure

On Mária Terézia Street you can see the “Terézváros Catholic Church, which is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The foundation stone of this church was laid on April 15, 1734, by Bishop József Berényi, the vicar of the Primate of Esterházy, and consecrated by the parish priest of Br... Read More

Tomb of Stephen Tamasko

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

István Tamaskó (Bratislava, February 15, 1801 – Bratislava, January 26, 1881) was an orientalist, philologist, literary translator and Sanskritologist, and a teacher at the Lutheran Lyceum. ; Born to bourgeois parents, he studied at the Lutheran Lyceum in Bratislava. In 1822, he ... Read More

The grave of Paul is shaking.

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Pál Rázga (* December 10, 1798, Bazin – + June 18, 1849, Bratislava), Lutheran pastor, one of the martyrs of Bratislava in 1848. The martyr's grave was renovated in 2009 by the Petőfi Sándor Memorial Committee and the Pro Patria Homeland Knowledge Association with the support of ... Read More

Kern House

Building, structure

On the southern edge of the walled city of Bratislava, on the corner plot next to the Fisherman's Gate opening onto the Danube, there has been a fortification and a town house since the late Árpád period. At the end of the 18th century, the appearance of the area was fundamentall... Read More

Kamper House

Building, structure

The most famous historical building on Maria Theresa Street is the house, once owned by Gr. Szapéry, then Kämper, and later Scharfeneck, decorated with a beautiful coat of arms, which is now known as the “Golden Crown”. According to the 1623 tax book, this house was castle-like, ... Read More

The grave of Gustav Heckenast

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

His father, Mihály Heckenast, was a pastor of the German Evangelicals of Košice. He completed his schooling in Prešov, but had to interrupt his studies due to the family's poor financial situation. He then engaged in the spice trade. In 1826, he went to Pest and found a job with ... Read More

Urban workers' houses (Ten-houses, Zehnhaus)

Building, structure

In the Health Care chapter of the volume Counties and Cities of Hungary, Bratislava County, Dr. Gábor Pávay Vajna writes: ; "As an important health improvement, we must also mention the workers' houses. The city has 10 workers' houses on Kárpát-utcza, which were built in 1900 in ... Read More

The grave of László Stromp

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

László Stromp (Rozsnyó, February 27, 1860 – Bratislava, May 12, 1907) was a Lutheran theological teacher, pedagogical writer, and church writer. ; He studied in Rozsnyó and after completing his secondary school course, he enrolled in law at the University of Budapest in 1878, but... Read More

Pálffy Palace

Building, structure

The palace is located on the corner of Ventur and Zöldszoba streets. The house, which occupies several former medieval plots, is built in a closed row on the street front. The palace, with a rectangular floor plan adapted to irregular corner plots, has a three-story, gabled roof,... Read More

Pálffy Palace

Building, structure

Built on the western border of the Kingdom of Hungary, Bratislava, with a long history, was inhabited in the Middle Ages by mostly German and to a lesser extent Hungarian citizens. The previously not particularly prominent city gained national importance when the Turks occupied t... Read More